Polyphony

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Polyphony

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:musical_texture
gptkbp:characteristic	counterpoint imitation voice leading independent melodic lines
gptkbp:contrastsWith	homophony monophony
gptkbp:defines	a type of musical texture involving two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody
gptkbp:developedBy	organum
gptkbp:etymology	from Greek 'poly' (many) and 'phonos' (sound)
gptkbp:example	gptkb:Mass_in_B_minor gptkb:Ave_Maria...virgo_serena gptkb:Missa_Papae_Marcelli gptkb:Notre_Dame_School_compositions gptkb:Spem_in_alium
gptkbp:firstNotedIn	9th century
gptkbp:genre	Baroque polyphony Renaissance polyphony choral polyphony instrumental polyphony polychoral music polyphonic mass polyphonic motet sacred polyphony secular polyphony vocal polyphony
gptkbp:importantFor	gptkb:choral_music secular music
gptkbp:notableComposer	gptkb:Johann_Sebastian_Bach gptkb:Guillaume_de_Machaut gptkb:William_Byrd gptkb:Giovanni_Pierluigi_da_Palestrina gptkb:Josquin_des_Prez gptkb:Orlando_di_Lasso Thomas Tallis
gptkbp:originatedIn	Medieval period
gptkbp:relatedConcept	gptkb:orchestra gptkb:Canon counterpoint heterophony homorhythm
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Carnatic_music gptkb:choral_music gptkb:orchestra gptkb:Western_classical_music Baroque music Renaissance music organum
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Hyperion_Records gptkb:Stephen_Layton
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Polyphony